Hat-sizing machine.



A. TURNER.

HAT SIZING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED snr'r 20. 1911.

1,1 18,079. Patented Nov. 24, 1914 4 SKEETSSHEET l.

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A. TURNER.

HAT SIZING MACHINE.

APPLICATION 111.21) saw. 20, 1911.

1,1 18,079. Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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HAT SIZING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20. 1911.

1,1 18,079. Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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A. TURNER.

HAT SIZING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED $EPT. 20. 1911.

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Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

II I I l ,1 l I II I! I i 'a II II \l i I II I ARNOLD TURNER, OFDANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

HAT-SIZING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 20, 1911. Serial No. 650,449.

To all whom it may concern Be it known .that I, ARNoL TURNER, a

subject of the King of England, and'resident of Danbury, in the countyof Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hat-Sizing Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to hat forming machinery and refers to that classof machines employed for sizing, shrinking and felting has thus beenaccomplished by first dippingfour or'five hats in very hot water, thenrolling them into a bundle and covering the bundle with burlap, andwhile in this 'condition they have been rolled backward and forward upona bench or table for the purpose of working the fur together and mak inga thicker butshorter bodyi It has therefore been my object to 'produce apractical machine for doing the above work of operating upon newlyformed hat bodies preparatory to being further felted, shrunk and sizedin a different form of ma chine; to design a machine which could beoperated by power and attended by a single operator, and whereby anumber of hat bodies may be operated upon simultaneously; to provideadjustin'gmeans whereby hat bod es of different sizes, or bundles ofchat bodies comprising a larger or smaller number may be properlytreated as occasion may require, and finally to provide a machine forthe above purpose whereby the work referred to may be speedily andeffectively accomplished and very much cheaper than the hand workheretofore employed.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combinat on and'arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the 'accompanving drawings, and pointedout in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form,

prop0rtion, size and minor details of con- 1 struction within the scopeof the claims may be resorted to without departure from the spirit ofsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding partsthroughout the several figures of the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification, and upon which Figure 1 shows a plan View ofmy improved apron settling machine complete; Fig. 2 is a sideview of thesame; Fig. 3 is an end view as seen from the right of Figs. 1 and2;'.and Fig. 4 is a central vertical longitudinal section taken on line4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the designing of this machine I have endeavored to provide aconstruction which would produce an operative movement upon the hatbodies as near like the hand work heretofore employed as is possible,and which consisted principally of a'backward and forward rollingmotion,of the bundle of bat bodies when folded and rolled within a clothand form ng an elongated rollshaped bundle. My im roved machinetherefore includes a movable endless apron having both i a forward andbackward move-' ment' for rolling thebundles-of hats back-- ward andforward upon a bed, and whereby the said hat bodies are gradually passedthrough and out of the machine. The hats are then again dipped inhotwater, refolded and rolled in the cloth, preparatory to being againpassed through the machine in a sim larmanner.

Referring in detail to the characters of reference marked upon thedrawings. 5 represents the frame of the machine which as will be notedconsists of two side uprights, 5 and several intermediate connectedcrosspieces for tving together and supporting the said side uprightsJ 6represents the main d iving'shaft upon which is moun ed belt pulleys 7.for o erating the same. This driving shaft is suitably journaled inbearings formed in the said uprights, and upon this shaft is'mounted agear 8. a beveled gear 9, an eccentric 10, and a clutch sleeve 11. Adrum 12 is loosely mounted. upon the said shaft and serves to sup ortand guide one endof'an endless flexible apron 13, which is preferablyformed of rubber and provided with a series of transverse corrugationsupon its face better to engage and manipulate a bundle Patented Nov.24,1914.

of hat bodies. The upper andforward end of the endless apron is in alike manner passed over and supported upon a second drum 14- which isfixed to adriving shaftdt'r' 5 also journaled in bearings of the saiduprrights and operated through worm gear eccentric and clutch mechanismagain to be referred to, from the main shaft 6 before mentioned. Thisdrumil lwtherefore serves;

as the driver, while the drum 12 is but an idler, the-apronbeingicarried over the-lat ter by the action of theformer, and'similarto that of an ordinary belt; connecting a driven" and" a driving pulley.A series of transverserolls-16, see Fig: 4,- are' journaled against theinside of the uprights and be v tween theibeifore mentioned rolls inawayto support the lower portion of th'eapgron when acting uponaibundie-ofhats. This insures: a uniformpressure upon thehats whilebeing rolled backward and forwarda-nd up the-incline floor; or bed-17-which is arranged between the: uprights and parallel to the underv faceOrftllB saidiflexibleapron so as to form a uniform space between the twothroughout the operative,movementof the saidiaprona.

The bed referred to is-composed- Eof a series of boards that extendacross the; underside of the machine and are supported upon-long.=curvedmeta'l rails:l8r in .a.way to formwone integral part, thatv is,supported atthe corners of the machine and-adapted to be raisedandilowered for a purposedaten to bedescribed. The end: portions 19 0fthe rails for=-this bed are connected to and supported upom the adjustahle top cross-pieces 20 locatedat' the" opposite ends of the machineandguidedmpom vertical guides 21 carried by brackets '22 secured to theside uprights. A second cross-piece 23 is also mounted *upontheseguides, and the adjusting screws 24 and a spring25 serve toyieldablysupport the upper'cross-piece uponthe lower one, said springs beingseated betweenthe upper cross-piece, anda lower, collaruponi the screw,while the screw freely passes through the said topcross piece andthreadably engages the lower cross-piece.

T'he'b ed, nuts and top cross-pieces are thus loosely supported onthe-threaded rodseand guide and are further yieldablyasupported upon thelower cross-piece 23zth rough the medium ofa yieldahle spring 25 mountedupon the before mentioned'adjusting screws 24. Thisserves t0 permitb'othof the-said cross-pieces20 and'23 mountedupon the rod to beraiseda-ndlowered as occasion may re quire in the vertical adjustmentofthe bed with" relation to the apron 13: The two pairs of thesecross-pieces at each endof'the; machineare connectedand supportedb'y-theuprights: 5 through the medium of the screws 24 and guides-21'asbefore described! The: lower cross pieoes- 23 are; directly sup portedupon the four cams 26'located immediately beneath the ends of the saidcrosspieces at the several corners of the machine, the said cams beingmounted upon crossshafts 27 and 28 journaled in bearings of theuprights. The latter shaft 28 is provided with a hand wheel 29 wherebyit andthe four cams may be simultaneously adjusted through the medium ofsuitable connecting rods 30 extending along the opposite sides of themachine and thusaconnecting the-pairs of side cams andJthe shafts in away to insure the simultaneous adjustment of all four cams, and thus theraising or lowering. of all: four corners ofith'e; b'ed beforementioned;30 'Ih-is-adjustment is to accommodate. bundles ofdifi'erent'thichnesses by. bringing the bed toward or from the-underfaceof the flexible apron, and whichrolls thebundles of hat bodies 31backward andi-fo-rward; and-35 finally out' from'the rear end of themachine.-

The means employedzfor obtaining this forward": and backwardmovement ofthe apron is'best illustrated in Figs. 1. and'290 wherein it willbemotedthat there are two: movements imparted to the feed drum, onethrough the bevel gear connections 9 to 32-; and I the: otherthroughthe-eccentric 10 which; imparts a. reciprocating movementto theworin33 splined to the intermediate shaft 3 ijournaled' in'bearings-35'and further rotatedf throughthe medium of the before mentionedbeveledgear connections. Thisv reciprocatory rotaryworm mesheswith anddrives a=wor1n gear 36mounted'iupon the drum shaft 15' in the manner;and-for the purpose before described: The clutch .sleeve 11 which issplinedto the main shafti 6 serves to engage withthe clutch face on theside ofthe eccentric sothatth'e apron operr ating mechanism connected 1with the eccentric may: he started-Mr stoppedat will, the said clutchbeing operated by. lever 37 pivotall'y'connec-ted toa bracket 38securedto one of the-sideuprig'h'ts 5 The beveledgear-9 is splined tothe main-shaft 6 and thus always turns with-it. The eccentric is boredto recei ve the hub of said gear 9' and' is free to run with it 'or'notaccording to the position of'clutch- 11: This-permits of either acontinuous rotary or-areciprocatory motion of the apron, the formerbeing desired at th'estart, as being more gentle.

Theconveyer or transporting mechanism 39 is supported b'y two forwardbrackets 40 and two rearward'brackets 41, all of which are properlysecured to the top of the side uprights; Cross shafts 42, 43' and 44 arejournaled in theseuprig-hts while the shaft 45" isournaled in an" adjustable bearing 52" carried bythe bracket 40 a-nd' aIIsaid shafts areprovided with sprockets to engage the openlinksofthe chain 46 oftheconveyer and to which the cross strips 4E7" are connected. A furthersprocket 48 is attached to one end of the cross shaft and connected bythe sprocket chain 49 with a lower sprocket 50 mounted upon a shortshaft journaled in a stud 51 and bearing a gear 53 that meshes with andis driven by the before mentioned gear 8 upon the main shaft 6. Thisconveyer, like the apron, is an endless form of device, the intermediatepart of the top side being supported upon the sprockets carried on theintermediate shaft 44, while the returning underside of the conveyer issimilarly supported upon sprockets carried on the shaft 43. The frontshaft 45 arranged across the front of the machine is adapted to beshifted slightly backward or forward by means of the adjusting device52, whereby the wear and slack of the conveyer can be taken up from timeto time as occasion may require.

As before stated the apron 13 is alternately given a forward andbackward movement when the clutch is in engagement, and in addition tothis I have provided means to insure a slightly greater forward movementthan backward movement, or, in other words, the bundles of hats arealternately given a full rotation in a forward direction, and then areverse roll of about half that amount. This obviously results in acontinual forward and backward roll of the bundle of hats and a finaldelivery of the same from beneath the apron at the rear, where theoperator is in attendance to receive and unroll the hat bodies. The fouror five hat bodies are then separately crozed, rolled and wrapped into abundle again as before and laid upon the conveyer, which carries itforward and drops it into the front end of the machine for a furl herand similar operation, said roll being kept in proper position andguided to the apron by means of the shield 5-3 supported on brackets 54secured to the before mentioned uprights 5 The forward movement of theapron is the sum of the motion imparted to the worm gear by the rotarymotion of the worm, through the bevel gears, plus the forward impulsethe whole worm gives to the worm gear by virtue of the eccentric. Thebackward movement of the apron is the excess of the backward impulse thewhole worm gives to the worm gear bv virtue of the eccentric, over themotion in the opposite direction imparted to the worm gear by the rotarymotion of the worm through the bevel gears, since this latter movementis always in the same direction and amounts to less than the eccentricmotion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a bed uponwhich bundles of hat bodies may be placed, an endless apron over thebed, means for imparting thereto an alternate forward and backwardmovement in a way to insure a forward and backward roll to a bundle ofhats when placed between the said apron and bed, upper and lowerbed-supporting bars at opposite ends of the machine, means for adjustingthe dis tance between said bars, and a series of connected cams forsimultaneously raising and lowering said lever bar to adjust the bedtoward and from the apron.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with suitabledrums, of an apron mounted thereon, means for imparting thereto abackward and forward motion, a bed arranged below the apron, upper andlower bed-supporting bars at opposite ends of the machine, means foradjusting the distance between said bars and yieldingly support theupper bar, and means for adjusting the lower bars to raise or lower thebed toward or from the apron.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with suitabledrums, of an apron mounted thereon, means for impartin g thereto abackward and forward motion, a bed arranged below the apron,cross-pieces upon which the bed is mounted, a lower pair of cross-piecesfor supporting the first mentioned cross-pieces, springs between thesaid first and second mentioned cross-pieces. and means forsimultaneously adjusting both of said lower cross-pieces and the bedwith relation to the apron.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with suitabledrums, of an apron mounted thereon, means for imparting thereto abackward and forward motion, a bed arranged below the apron, andcomprising a series of transverse slats and longitudinal supportingrods, parallel transversebars at opposite ends of the machine adjustabletoward and from each other, supporting the ends of said rods, series ofcams for raising and lowering said transverse bars, and means forsimultaneously operating said cams to effect said adjustment.

Signed at Danburv in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticutthis 16 day of September A. D., 1911.

ARNOLD TURNER.

Witnesses:

EMILm HUBER, W. E. BARNES.

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